Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Caracarum Arquidiocesis Metropolitano de Caracas
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Ann
Location
Country	Venezuela
Territory	Municipio Libertador, Municipio Chacao, Municipio Sucre, Municipio El Hatillo, Municipio Baruta.
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Caracas
Statistics
Area	382 sq mi (990 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 4,644,000 3,960,000 (85.3%)
Parishes	116
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	21 June 1531 (492 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Metropolitan Archbishop	Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Auxiliary Bishops	Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo Carlos Eduardo Márquez Delima Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas is an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela. It was founded as the Diocese of Caracas on June 20, 1637, and was later elevated to the rank of a metropolitan see on November 27, 1803.

This episcopal see occupies a territory of about 790 square kilometers and is not unlikely to be given several auxiliary bishops. The most recent metropolitan archbishop had been Jorge Urosa, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on September 19, 2005 (and elevated to cardinal in 2006); retirement accepted July 9, 2018 by Pope Francis. Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo was also appointed as apostolic administrator at the same day.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana, in national capital Caracas, Distrito Federal, which also has three minor basilicas: Basílica de Santa Teresa, Basílica San Pedro Apóstol and Basílica Santuario de Santa Capilla (also a national shrine).